And for the million-dollar question, what is the fastest production car in the world? If you were going to say Bugatti, don’t because there’s a new king of speed in town and its name is Tuatara. Born and bred in the United States, the SSC Tuatara Hypercar has just dethroned the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport as the fastest production car in the world. From the former Shelby SuperCars team, SCC North America is again number one.
Shattering the record on Nevada’s speed-limit free roads, the SCC Tuatara became the fastest car in the world after completing a series of runs in both directions of the road. Clocking in an average speed of 316.11mph (503.73 km/h) and a top speed of 331.15mph (532.9 km/h), it pummels the Bugatti’s honorable but comparably weak 304.77mph (490.48 km/h). Powering this ultimate speed machine is a 5.9-liter twin-turbocharged flat-plane crank V8 engine capable of generating a massive 1,350 horsepower on 91 Octane, 1,750 horsepower with E85, and outputting a whopping 1,818.15 Nm of torque. Spinning at 8,800 RPM, when the SCC Tuatara hits the red, it hits the damn red baby. Weighing a little less than 200kg, it weighs less than your average heavyweight boxing bout.
Though with only 100 models produced, it shares a similar price tag as a boxing match at USD$1.6 million. Expertly driven by the internationally acclaimed professional racing driver Oliver Webb. With his behind the wheel of the SSC Tuatara, he quickly destroyed the previous record. Tearing up and down the seven-mile stretch of State highway on October 10, it took only one hour for the Webb to break the world record for the “Fastest Production Vehicle.”
Believing some performance was left in the tank, Oliver Webb said, “there was definitely more in there.” As he approached the 331 mph mark, Webb revealed, “the Tuatara climbed almost 20 mph within the last five seconds. It was still pulling well. As I told Jerod, the car wasn’t running out of steam yet. The crosswinds are all that prevented us from realizing the car’s limit.” With a Nürburgring lap record clearly the next step, for now, SSC North America is claiming a new victory in the ‘land-based space race’ that is going to be tough to beat.”
“It’s been ten years since we held this record with our first car, the Ultimate Aero, and the Tuatara is leagues ahead. Its performance reflects the dedication and focus with which we pursued this achievement,” said Jerod Shelby, CEO of SSC. “We came pretty close to meeting the theoretical numbers, which is astonishing to do in a real world setting on a public road. America’s new claim to victory in the ‘land-based space race’ is going to be tough to beat.”
The SSC Tuatara HyperCar is now the holder of four records in total, including: “Fastest Flying Mile on a Public Road” at 313.12 mph (503.92 km/h), “Fastest Flying Kilometer on a Public Road” at 321.35 mph (517.16 km/h) and “Highest Speed Achieved on a Public Road” at 331.15 mph (532.93 km/h). Your move Bugatti.
And for the million-dollar question, what is the fastest production car in the world? If you were going to say Bugatti, don’t because there’s a new king of speed in town and its name is Tuatara. Born and bred in the United States, the SSC Tuatara Hypercar has just dethroned the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport as the fastest production car in the world. From the former Shelby SuperCars team, SCC North America is again number one.
Shattering the record on Nevada’s speed-limit free roads, the SCC Tuatara became the fastest car in the world after completing a series of runs in both directions of the road. Clocking in an average speed of 316.11mph (503.73 km/h) and a top speed of 331.15mph (532.9 km/h), it pummels the Bugatti’s honorable but comparably weak 304.77mph (490.48 km/h). Powering this ultimate speed machine is a 5.9-liter twin-turbocharged flat-plane crank V8 engine capable of generating a massive 1,350 horsepower on 91 Octane, 1,750 horsepower with E85, and outputting a whopping 1,818.15 Nm of torque. Spinning at 8,800 RPM, when the SCC Tuatara hits the red, it hits the damn red baby. Weighing a little less than 200kg, it weighs less than your average heavyweight boxing bout.
Though with only 100 models produced, it shares a similar price tag as a boxing match at USD$1.6 million. Expertly driven by the internationally acclaimed professional racing driver Oliver Webb. With his behind the wheel of the SSC Tuatara, he quickly destroyed the previous record. Tearing up and down the seven-mile stretch of State highway on October 10, it took only one hour for the Webb to break the world record for the “Fastest Production Vehicle.”
Believing some performance was left in the tank, Oliver Webb said, “there was definitely more in there.” As he approached the 331 mph mark, Webb revealed, “the Tuatara climbed almost 20 mph within the last five seconds. It was still pulling well. As I told Jerod, the car wasn’t running out of steam yet. The crosswinds are all that prevented us from realizing the car’s limit.” With a Nürburgring lap record clearly the next step, for now, SSC North America is claiming a new victory in the ‘land-based space race’ that is going to be tough to beat.”
“It’s been ten years since we held this record with our first car, the Ultimate Aero, and the Tuatara is leagues ahead. Its performance reflects the dedication and focus with which we pursued this achievement,” said Jerod Shelby, CEO of SSC. “We came pretty close to meeting the theoretical numbers, which is astonishing to do in a real world setting on a public road. America’s new claim to victory in the ‘land-based space race’ is going to be tough to beat.”
The SSC Tuatara HyperCar is now the holder of four records in total, including: “Fastest Flying Mile on a Public Road” at 313.12 mph (503.92 km/h), “Fastest Flying Kilometer on a Public Road” at 321.35 mph (517.16 km/h) and “Highest Speed Achieved on a Public Road” at 331.15 mph (532.93 km/h). Your move Bugatti.
And for the million-dollar question, what is the fastest production car in the world? If you were going to say Bugatti, don’t because there’s a new king of speed in town and its name is Tuatara.
Born and bred in the United States, the SSC Tuatara Hypercar has just dethroned the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport as the fastest production car in the world. From the former Shelby SuperCars team, SCC North America is again number one.
Shattering the record on Nevada’s speed-limit free roads, the SCC Tuatara became the fastest car in the world after completing a series of runs in both directions of the road. Clocking in an average speed of 316.11mph (503.73 km/h) and a top speed of 331.15mph (532.9 km/h), it pummels the Bugatti’s honorable but comparably weak 304.77mph (490.48 km/h).
Powering this ultimate speed machine is a 5.9-liter twin-turbocharged flat-plane crank V8 engine capable of generating a massive 1,350 horsepower on 91 Octane, 1,750 horsepower with E85, and outputting a whopping 1,818.15 Nm of torque. Spinning at 8,800 RPM, when the SCC Tuatara hits the red, it hits the damn red baby.
Weighing a little less than 200kg, it weighs less than your average heavyweight boxing bout.
Though with only 100 models produced, it shares a similar price tag as a boxing match at USD$1.6 million. Expertly driven by the internationally acclaimed professional racing driver Oliver Webb. With his behind the wheel of the SSC Tuatara, he quickly destroyed the previous record.
Tearing up and down the seven-mile stretch of State highway on October 10, it took only one hour for the Webb to break the world record for the “Fastest Production Vehicle.”
Believing some performance was left in the tank, Oliver Webb said, “there was definitely more in there.” As he approached the 331 mph mark, Webb revealed, “the Tuatara climbed almost 20 mph within the last five seconds. It was still pulling well. As I told Jerod, the car wasn’t running out of steam yet. The crosswinds are all that prevented us from realizing the car’s limit.”
With a Nürburgring lap record clearly the next step, for now, SSC North America is claiming a new victory in the ‘land-based space race’ that is going to be tough to beat.”
“It’s been ten years since we held this record with our first car, the Ultimate Aero, and the Tuatara is leagues ahead. Its performance reflects the dedication and focus with which we pursued this achievement,” said Jerod Shelby, CEO of SSC. “We came pretty close to meeting the theoretical numbers, which is astonishing to do in a real world setting on a public road. America’s new claim to victory in the ‘land-based space race’ is going to be tough to beat.”
The SSC Tuatara HyperCar is now the holder of four records in total, including: “Fastest Flying Mile on a Public Road” at 313.12 mph (503.92 km/h), “Fastest Flying Kilometer on a Public Road” at 321.35 mph (517.16 km/h) and “Highest Speed Achieved on a Public Road” at 331.15 mph (532.93 km/h).
Your move Bugatti.
